I cannot think of another organization that better exemplifies the concept of "followership" than Epic Change. They listen, include, incorporate, and respect followers. This year's Epic Thanks is a result of good followership. This Thanksgiving season, as in years past, Epic Change is raising money to support the Shepherds School in Arusha, Tanzania.

Share   Infographics are multiplying like rabbits. I run across them everywhere, and about all types of subjects from the power of social fundraising to the what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Some are great, some not so great. The abundance of data we now have to process is fueling the trends towards content [...]

There are plenty of fundraising solutions that leverage social media, relying on fundraisers to tweet, share, and post their fundraising pages to their social networks. There are also fundraising solutions that fully rely on and live within a social platform, such as a Facebook fundraising application or a fundraising widget you place on your blog. Then there is the newest evolution: fundraising that innately utilizes the social media platform. I think THIS is social media fundraising, and it has just arrived. In the slide presentation, I review these three categories of social media fundraising and my thoughts about how social media fundraising has finally "arrived."

The Campus Kitchens project just pulled off its first fundraiser, a competitive fundraising riff on college basketball's March Madness, and the key to winning was...Facebook. This post explores how Campus Kitchens harnessed Facebook Pages and social sharing to Facebook to bring in donations.

Tweetsgiving 2010 is all about Epic Thanks. It includes some great features: gratitude cards, online evangelists, and community organizing. It's also one of the great online fundraising campaigns of 2010.

Epic Change just launched a fundraiser entitled To Mama With Love, and it embodies everything social network fundraising should be: a conversation rather than an ask for money, linkages to a greater movement, and utilizing the power of social network.

Will Kiva Kill Your Nonprofit? Donations 2.0 panel discussion at SXSW Interactive explores what "donations 2.0" means, and DonorsChoose, Opportunity International, Kiva and Amnesty International are using this model for fundraising.

To create a great online fundraising campaign, combine the principles of community organizing with fundamental social media principles. The mashup will guide your campaign strategy and map. Presentation includes a slide show of essential elements of social media fundraising, and uses 2009 as a case study.

What are the online giving trends for 2010, and beyond? What will be the technology, culture, and needs? In this post, I created a graphic description of the history of online giving, and offer five trends that I see in the coming year.

Proving that social media can be used to raise significant funds for nonprofits is "the brass ring" that every nonprofit utilizing social media wants to reach. On the other hand, social network fundraising is growing: both by adoption, use and acceptance. This post explores the existing challenges facing social network fundraising - and brainstorming ideas to overcome the barriers.